Suppose that you would like to develop a method of predicting the height of a 16-year-old, using any of the other numerical variables in the data set. Use linear regression to develop such a method, and interpret your results.

Background on the data set

This data set is excerpted from an anthropometric data set that is posted in full at the Anthrokids website. According to the website,
this study was the result of a Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) effort in the mid-seventies. The creation of a publically accessable data base was the result of a joint effort between the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the CPSC. Partial sponsorship is coming from the Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) project at NIST. Prior to this effort the data did not exist other than on paper.

Again according to the website, the primary goal to "computerize" the data has been accomplished. All of the tabular data was originally entered as spreadsheet data. A variety of conversion techniques were subsequently used to create HTML, plain ASCII (PRN), comma separated values (CSV) and other data tables, all of which are accessable (for free) via the Anthrokids web site.